Chicken-roost.



H. R. KANBASTBR.. l

CHICKEN RoosT. APPLICATION PIVLBD'APB. 1, 1909. l 934,075. Patented sept. 14.1909

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Application led .April 1,'

.useful AChicken-Roost; and I do hereby de clare the following .to :be a full, clear, and exact descrlption ofthe invention, such as it'appertainslto make and'use the same.

This invention belongs tothe art of chicken-roosts, 'and -it particularly pertains to anew and useful device ofthis character, -Which embodies features of such a nature, so as to yrender it substantially sanitary.

Theessential object ofthe invention is to provide a deviceof this design, having novel means for receiving and removing alll excrement of the fowls that is voided while they are -roostingi,` such means being readily scraped, as it is removing 'the eXcrement or droppings, which are discharged into a suitable receptacle.

A :further object of the invention is to provide a frame for supporting the said receiving and removing means, -said receiving and/ removing means comprise an apron, either end of which is engaged about rollers, which are provided with intermeshing gears, so 'as to cause the rollers to rotate toward or daway from one another, thereby causing the apron to rotate in one direction or the other.

A further object is to construct the scraping means for the apron in such a manner as to cause it to closely engage the apron automatically, that is to say when the apron is removing the droppings toward the receptacle. Said scraping means is provided with adjustable devices, whereby it ymay be adjusted toward or away from the apron.

A further object 'of the invention is the provision of a frame --work, upon which lchickens may roost and also compartments located in the apron supporting frame, in which the chickens may lay. f

The features and elements, and the arrangement thereof, for accomplishing the objects of this device or apparatus, may be changed and varied, that is to say, in a practical application of the invention, with an understanding that the changes and'variations accruing from said application are limited to the scope of the appended claim.

Other objects and advantages will readily appear, as thefinvention is further described, and the novel features of the details of con 'Specification of Letters-Patent.'

Patented Sept. 14, 1909.

1909. semaine. 487,313.

`-.struction Will be pointed out inthe appended claim. j

*iny the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View `of .a chicken roost embodying `the featudinal sectional view, clearly disclosing the detail construction of the apron supporting means, the compartments in Whichnests may .be disposed, and the novel means for scrapone .direction for removingsthe droppings. Fig. 3' is a perspective view of the apron supporting frame removed from the. inclosure or casing. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view showing the novel adjusting means, by which fthe scraping device is adjusted. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the memf ber 34.'

In regard to the annexed drawings, whereresponding parts in the several illustrations, 1`. designates an inclosure or casing, in which an apron-supporting frame 2 is disposed.. This inclosure or casing 1 is provided at one end with an extension lZ3, the lower portion of which isopened as at 4.

In .practical luse of this invention, a suitable receptacle 5 is disposed beneath the open end of the extension, in which the droppingsor excrement may be deposited, as is clearly shown in the drawings.

The apron supporting frame is mounted upon suitable supports or lugs, which project from the inner portion of thecasing. This apron supporting frame comprises a central piece 7, to either edge of which strips 8 are fixed.` These strips 8 form suitable flanges 9, and in the said flanges, at one end ofthe frame, rollers 10 are journaled in suitable bearings 11. About these rollers to allow the apron to move in one direction or lthe other, as the rollers are rotated. These rollers are rotated through the medium of the intermeshing gears 13 and 14. To the extension 15 of one of the rollers, on which the gear 14 is mounted, a crank 16. is connected, by whichthe rollers and the apron may be operated. This crank extends through an opening in the inclosure or casing 1, and is 'provided with a handle 1.7.

.-ianges of-the apron supporting frame, is the frame-work v18, upon which chickens may roost. This framefwork comprises the transverse strips' 19, the downwardly pro-` tures of the invention. Fig. 2-is a lungithe free ends of the apron 12 engagdsoas` Secured to the strips which form the said' ing vthe apron when the same is moved in in similar reference'characters represent cor- "es resilient arms are pivoted to the slde flanges jecting side strips 20, and the longitudinal strlps 21 whlch extend across the transverse strips 19, as clearly shown fin the draw- Wngs. The'downwardly projectn side stripsj` orsuother fasteningv mea`1-1 s"23',. as vclear y. trated 1n the perspective View vof the apron- 10 2O are secured in recesses`i22, o -the stripsf Y forming thevflanges ofthe-.apron support# screws y illus# ing ltrame, by means of suitable'boltsi supporting frame or rack.

Secured to the under face of the central piece. .f7 ofthe apron supporting 'frame orv .apron is designed to be adjustable. through the thumb nuts 29. These thumb nuts as shownfasten the angle plates 30 to the flanges of the apron supporting frame, and by loosening or tightening the said thumb nuts, the said angle plates may. be adjusted in various positions. These angle plates are provided with lateral extensions 31 in which apertures 32 are provided to receive the resilient arms 33 of the U-shaped' member 34, as shown clearly in the drawings. These of the apron supporting frame by means of the bolts or pins 35. The transverse piecev or portion 36 of the U-shaped member has -lVitnesses:

pivoted theretol a scraper block or strip Si?, the tendency of which is to bear against the apron, as. iti's moved inone direction, and

lverl'l'en moved in the 'opposite direction, vthe 'f'sald scraper block or strip 37 'is automatically thrown away 'from the apron, thereby allowing the 'same to movei freely. This scraper' block or strip 37 is pivoted to the said Vpiece or portion 36 by' means of the' U-shaped members or staples 38. In.pivot.` ing this block or strip 37 in this manner,

thel same is allowed to have a slight .oscillatory movement, thereby allowing the said strip to move to or from the apron. l

From the foregoing,the` essential features,

elements and the' operation of the device,

together 4with the simplicity thereof, will'. be

clearlyfapj arent.- A lsuitable screen hook,l oil-cup and swinging roost is provided uponthe interior of the inclosure or casingl.

Having thus fully describedv the invention, what is claimed 'as new and useful is In a chicken roost, a movable apron, rollersy therefor, a supporting frame therefor, .aj 4U-shaped member having resilient arms, av

pivoted scraper block or strip carried'by ing apertures to receive the resilient arms,

,means for adjusting the angle members,

therebyA Vadjusting the U-shape member `and its scraping 4block or strip, and means forsimultane'ously operating the rollers.

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.the U-shaped member, angle members hav In testimony whereof I have signed my nameto this specification in the presence of two subscribin witnesses.

H NRY n. KANEAsTEii. 

